Katherine Garrahan

@kgarrahan
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Land use attorney,
MetroWest Massachusetts & knitting enthusiast #law #art #photography #garden
Montezuma Wildlife Refuge, Seneca Falls, NY #CentralNY #FingerLakes #FLX #marsh #birds #NationalWildlifeRefuge
No matter where you go, Worcester stays in your blood

When Janice Harvey published a novel, she found many others — some from a great distance away — who shared her love of Worcester.

The Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Boston Harbor tonight #sunset #Massachusetts #Boston
Families enjoying the end of the day at Brewster Flats #sunset #CapeCod #clouds #beach #Massachusetts #TidalFlats
The Jazzy Tune You Heard on Hold? This Part-Time Musician Made It.

Meet Harriet Goldberg, a late bloomer who went from a career in social work to the queen of hold music with her 2011 song “My Time to Fly.”

The New York Times
Viewpoint: Raising businesses and communities higher: The value of nonprofit board service

When businesses are looking for new ways to grow, an effective – and often overlooked – strategy is to help a local nonprofit organization by having employees participate as board members.

Worcester Business Journal
Mayor Wu Announces Residential Conversion Program for Downtown Offices

Mayor Michelle Wu today announced the City will launch a new “Downtown Office to Residential Conversion Pilot Program,” a public-private partnership program to incentivize the conversion of underutilized office buildings to residential use in Downtown this fall. 

Boston.gov
We have had a bumper crop of #raspberries this #summer and are using them every way we can, freezing each night those we cannot. A new experiment for #breakfast was with eggs, swiss cheese, and thyme also from the garden - delicious! #garden #raspberry #recipe #cooking
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Time, money, tax breaks. What Boston can learn about creating a downtown that never sleeps.

The commercial real estate industry is looking at how the world’s most famous Financial District became a 24-7 neighborhood and whether the strategy of converting office buildings to housing can be replicated in other cities.

The Boston Globe